A BIRMINGHAM University student has been found dead in a lecture hall after apparently committing suicide.

A BIRMINGHAM University student has been found dead in a lecture hall after apparently committing suicide.

The body of Mohammed Abdelmohsin Omer, 29, from Sudan, was discovered by fellow students who were attending a lecture in the Gisbert Kapp building of the campus in Edgbaston. Paramedics pronounced the scholar dead at the scene at 9.45am on Monday. It is thought he had hanged himself.

Last night, a student at the university, who did not wish to be named, told the Sunday Mercury: “Everyone is really shocked by what has happened. The campus was crawling with police on Monday.

“I have been told that he did it in the lecture room so that he could be found by those he was studying with. No-one really knows why he did it though.

“I didn’t know the man but it’s such a waste of life. Nothing like this has happened while I’ve been studying at the university.”

Another student added: “There are quite a few rumours flying around about how the student was found but the university hasn’t said anything to the students about the death.

“I find that surprising, given the presence of the police for a long part of the day.

“We are really shocked by what has happened. It must have been awful for the students who found him.” A University of Birmingham spokeswoman last night confirmed the death.

“The body of a student was found in the University of

Birmingham’s Gisbert Kapp building on Monday, January 19,” she said. “The police were informed and an investigation is underway to establish the cause of death.”

She refused to disclose whether the body was discovered by students, and in which part of the building Mr Omer was found.

West Midlands Police confirmed they were not treating the death as suspicious.

The building houses the school of engineering and was built in 1973. It was named after the first professor of electrical engineering at the University and recently underwent an expensive refurbishment.

An inquest into the death was opened and adjourned on Tuesday by Birmingham coroner Aiden Cotter.

Mr Omer’s brother attended the hearing, which was told that the dead man was originally from Sudan.